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Eleazar orders in-depth probe into killing of 68-yr.-old lawyer
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar ordered Thursday (September 16) a...
Officials duty-bound to express people’s plaints vs. Nordeco
Elected government officials are duty-bound to articulate the legitimate sentiments of their constituents, according to...
Mayor Sara, Gatchalian inspect ongoing vaccination program
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian inspected the second phase of the vaccination rollout...
Low enrolment result prompts 9 Davao private schools to close
The Department of Education (DepEd 11) on Friday said nine private schools have expressed intention...
Davao City contact tracing continues despite limited capacity for RT-PCR
The Davao City government carries out its contact tracing drive despite the limited capacity for...
House OKs bill resetting BARMM elections to 2025 on final reading
The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously approved on third reading a bill seeking to...
EO on vaccination for city gov’t employees issued
The passage of the Executive Order (EO) No. 45 strengthens Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent order...
DOH 11 procures additional oxygen supply
The Department of Health 11 (DTI 11) assured the people in Davao Region of sufficient...
DepEd 11 close to hitting 100 percent target number of student attendance
The regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd 11) on Wednesday said it is...
11 captured NPA in Bukidnon found positive of COVID-19
RT-PCR swabs and antigen tests conducted on the 11 New People’s Army rebels captured by...
THE ECONOMY
PROPERTY
VANTAGE POINTS
THINK ON THESE: Quitters never win
When I started my career as a writer, I received a lot of rejection slips (which most aspiring writers these days don’t experience anymore). But it didn’t deter me to keep submitting features and articles to publications with a minute hope that one or two of them would be published.
FAST BACKWARD: Demythologizing Datu Bago (4)
Animosity between the Moros and the tribes of Davao date back to the pre-Oyanguren period. Exaction of tribute, extortion, and threat were among the...
HEALTH
HEALTH: Portrait of a Covid-19 survivor
Dr. Teofredo “Doc Ted” Esguerra, an advisory council member at the International Disaster Response Network, and I have four things in common.
We were both born in Bansalan, now a first-class municipality of Davao del Sur.
We were both recipients of Outstanding Bansaleño Award, given to...
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT: When the wells run dry
English author Thomas Fuller once wrote: “We only learn the value of a glass of water when the wells run dry.”
Fuller may have written the statement in the 1700s yet but it is still very apt today. This is particularly true in Bansalan, Davao...
AGRI TRENDS
AGRITRENDS: Bamboo can curb soil erosion
Dario, who grew up in Davao City, was in his late 20s when he moved to barangay Kinuskusan in Bansalan, Davao del Sur. This was after he married Maricel, whom he met in a department store where they were both working.
Starting as a new...
FEATURES
COVID caught me – Lessons on death and life
You hear those stories on the news, read them on your feed…you never really actually think it will hit you. But it did!
Three words came out of my doctor husband’s lips…Oh my God...
We were both looking at my swab result. I looked away and...
BIGGER PICTURE
BIGGER PICTURE: Tales of Covid-19 survivors
As of August 17, the Philippines has 1,755,846 cases of COVID-19. Some 1,618,808 have recovered but 30,366 people have died. Most of those who died were ordinary people but there were some celebrities like...
IN PICTURES
LIFESTYLE
URBANISSIMO
MAYA ON THE BLOCK
COMPETITIVE EDGE
SPORTS
SPORTS KEN: Kasparov wows ‘em at Chess960
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born April 13, 1963) is the 13th World classical chess champion from Azerbaijan who ruled the sport from 1984 until...
CLEAN SLATE: Beautiful sports facility in Marawi
While having lunch, my wife Marj was listening to a speech delivered by Senator Pia Cayetano answering allegations on the building of sports facilities...
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